Conference Day Two: Thursday, 29 September 2011

08.30 Registration and welcome coffee

09.00 Opening Remarks from:

John Teufert
NC3A Geo-Officer, Consultation, Command and Control Agency
NATO

09:10 National Satellite for National Security – Thailand

• Looking at the use of geospatial tools for battle command operations
• Utilising tactical terrain analysis with high resolution data
• Building accurate 3D models for mission planning

Lieutenant General Thitinant Thanyasiri
Director General – Defence Technology Institute
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, THAILAND

09.40 Imagery Intelligence for Defence: Perspective from Indonesia

• Overview of the current imagery analysis technologies of the Indonesian defence forces
• Converting information from surveillance images and videos to actionable intelligence
• Overcoming challenges in using high resolution DEM generation images

Brigadier General Rasuni
Deputy Director, Army Intelligence
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE, INDONESIA

10.10 Using Geospatial Tools for Disaster and Emergency Management

• Enhancing logistics planning with location intelligence: Case Study from US PACOM operations
• Doing better operational planning through the GIS tool kit: What is missing?
• Increasing data interoperability with internal and external partners for disaster relief planning
• Using cost effective geospatial tools for disaster management

Colonel Keith Geiger
Chief of Intelligence, US Army Pacific Command
US ARMY

11.10 Using Geospatial Intelligence in Counter Insurgency Operations: Best Practices from the Philippine Experience

• Looking at the security threat in southern Philippines
• Topographic map support and 3d terrain modelling for defence planning
• Using geospatial analysis to enhance operational mobility
• Why location awareness is importance? Lessons from operational case studies in the Philippines

Maj Constancio M Espina II
Information Systems Command Officer
ARMED FORCES OF THE PHILIPPINES

11.40 Discussing GIS Application in National Defence of Vietnam

• Looking at the current geospatial infrastructure and its application in defence in Vietnam
• Discussing the need to have a joint mapping toolkit
• Applying COTS geospatial tools to local requirements: What are the challenges and benefits?
• Future roadmap for geospatial technology development in Vietnam

Vu Van Chat
Director of Center for Geography Information
ARMY CARTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT, VIETNAM

12.10 Enhancing Navy Maritime Operations through Geospatial Awareness

• One of the many challenges facing today’s maritime operations is the lack of geo enabled integrated systems, making situational awareness, decision support, and response an exercise of managing information chaos from different solutions. What is needed is a framework to fuse maritime information for contextual reference allowing a commander to access, analyse, plan, and coordinate a course of action faster than his adversary. The use of GIS in an enterprise maritime environment provides the very framework for the mariner to have the intelligence and operational advantage.

Eric Patten
Director of Defence Business Development
ESRI

13.40 Democratising Standards: Moving Towards Interoperability

• Assessing the status of interoperability in the field of geographic information
• Supporting interoperable solutions that “geo-enable” the web, wireless and location-based services, and mainstream IT
• Why do we need open standards? Discussing the move towards enterprise GIS

Carl Reed
Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer
OPEN GEOSPATIAL CONSORTIUM

14.10 The Philippine Geoportal: Discussing the Best Utilisations

• Mapping out a geospatial defence masterplan: Is there new investment in the technology?
• Overview of the current geoportal in place in Philippines
• How can the geoportal enhance intelligence collection?

Febrina Damaso
Assistant Director of the Information Management Department
NATIONAL MAPPING AND RESOURCE INFORMATION AUTHORITY, PHILIPPINES

15.10 Moving Forward: GEOINT Vision and Strategy

• The demands placed on the Agencies and Organisations charged with the provision of geospatial information and intelligence to support Defence are considerable. They include the need to support multiple operations and provide security both at home and overseas, ensuring the provision of information and services across complex networks to multiple users, and in many cases face considerable pressure for resources and funding. This reinforces the need for a clear vision and strategy to ensure that these requirements are recognised and understood and which supports the development of a robust capability showing the benefits to be gained by adopting it.

Nick Sutherland
Head of Professional Services
HELYX SIS LTD

15.40 Discussing GIS for National Defence and Intelligence: A Thai Perspective

• Protecting the homeland: The current international threat environment
• Using GEOINT for location intelligence and surveillance operations
• Charting out a geospatial road map for Thailand in the next 5 years
• Applying geospatial tools in a networked environment for military and civil defence applications

Capt. Chorchat Gra
Deputy Director General
ROYAL THAI NAVY

16.10 End of Conference